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Patrick Henry Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): " Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first an ...
(1736–1799), the
Founding Father The following list of national founding figures is a record, by country, of people who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the systems of governance, (i.e. ...
and American statesman from
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...
, was a farmhouse called "Studley", located in what is now the village of Studley in
Hanover County, Virginia Hanover County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 109,979. Its county seat is Hanover Courthouse. Hanover County is a part of the Greater Richmond Region. History Located in the weste ...
. The house, a two-story brick structure, was built in the 1720s by John Symes, whose wife Sarah married Patrick Henry's father John after Symes died. Patrick Henry was born in the house on May 29, 1736. By 1796 the farmstead included a significant number of outbuildings. The house was destroyed by fire in 1807, and now only archaeological remnants remain. There is an interpretive plaque near the site at 9620 Studley Farms Drive. The site was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1982.


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Hanover County, Virginia * Pine Slash * Scotchtown plantation *
Leatherwood Plantation Leatherwood Plantation of 10,000 acres (40 km2) was located in Henry County, Virginia, where American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father Patrick Henry lived from 1779 until 1784. The plantations in the American South, plantation ...
* Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial


References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Hanover County, Virginia Hanover County, Virginia Patrick Henry Henry, Patrick Homes of United States Founding Fathers {{HanoverCountyVA-NRHP-stub